vocalize
/ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/
"vocalize" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vocalize” is uncommon English (frequency #88,999 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,999
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To express with the voice, to utter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vocalize · vocalize · English
vocalize · rank #88,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,999
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vorticity
Nearest frequency peer: vorticity (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “vocalize”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Vinland
Vinland
11,006 corpus weight
- visite
visite
11,004 corpus weight
- vocalize
vocalize
11,002 corpus weight
- vorticity
vorticity
11,001 corpus weight
- Wanganui
Wanganui
10,995 corpus weight
- Wao
Wao
10,994 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vocalize” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vocalize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vocalize” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vocalize is uncommon English at frequency #88,999 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vocalize in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vocal + -ize. The correct English form is vocalize, spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To express with the voice, to utter.
- 2To produce noises or calls from the throat.
- 3To sing without using words.
- 4To turn a consonant into a vowel.
- 5To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
- 6To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vocalize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Following the modern spirit, the real poems of the present, ever solidifying and expanding into the future, must vocalize the vastness and splendor and reality with which scientism has invested man and the universe,[…]
We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.
Etymology
From vocal + -ize.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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